In the constellation Cepheus lies the barred spiral galaxy NGC 6951. Due to its stellar activity, the galaxy has become a favorite for astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope. What is it? Orbiting above Earth’s atmosphere, Hubble observes galaxies like NGC 6951 in visible and infrared light, capturing details that ground-based telescopes cannot. Its images have illuminated how galaxies form, …
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A European Mars probe witnessed the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS’ Red Planet flyby last week. On Oct. 3, 3I/ATLAS zoomed within 19 million miles (30 million kilometers) of Mars. The European Space Agency‘s (ESA) ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) was ready for the closeup, snapping imagery of the interloper using its Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS). “This was a …
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Robots, they’re just like us—fascinated by the skies above them and the mysteries they hold. And now, NASA has revealed that its Mars Perseverance rover might have spotted a mysterious visitor from beyond our solar system. A recent photo taken by the rover on Saturday shows a bright streak of light across the Martian sky, which NASA believes may have …
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Scientists armed with the immense observing power of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have detected faint traces of fluorescent flatulence leaking out from the dwarf planet Makemake, which lurks in the outer reaches of the solar system. This is only the second time that a gas has been detected on an object this far from Earth, and hints that …
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As NASA’s Perseverance rover, a car-sized robotic explorer, looks for signs of possible ancient life on Mars, it has stumbled across some interesting things. Recently, on Aug. 31 (the 1,610th sol, or Martian day, of its mission), Perseverance captured an image of this rock, which looks like the head of a turtle coming out of its shell. What is it? …
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This is an updated version of a story first published on May 18, 2025. The original video can be viewed here. According to the latest assessment from America’s intelligence agencies, China “remains the most active and persistent cyber threat to [the] U.S.” Its hackers have infiltrated the U.S. government, the private sector, and critical infrastructure, like water systems and power grids. …
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About 1,000 of a set of 15,000 open access scientific journals appear to exist mainly to extract fees from naive academics. A trio of computer scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder, Syracuse University, and China’s Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) arrived at this figure after building a machine learning classifier to help identify “questionable” journals and then conducting a …
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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. NASA’s Perseverance Rover captured this image of a strange rock on Aug. 5, 2025. | Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU NASA’s Perseverance rover has stumbled across a curious, volcano-shaped rock on the surface of Mars that looks rather like a weathered battle helmet. Captured by the …
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover captured this image of a strange rock on Aug. 5, 2025. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU) NASA’s Perseverance rover has stumbled across a curious, volcano-shaped rock on the surface of Mars that looks rather like a weathered battle helmet. Captured by the rover’s Mastcam-Z instrument on Aug. 5, 2025, the rock displays a pointed peak and pitted nodular texture …
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